U.S., Russia near agreement on lower-velocity TMD systems

Article Abstract:

The US and Russia have made considerable progress in reaching a consensus on the testing and deployment of lower-velocity theatre missile defence (TMD) systems. The other parties to the agreement during the Geneva meeting were Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus. The initial agreement between the five parties was on the demarcation between ballistic missile defence systems sanctioned under the 1972 Anti-Ballastic Missile Treaty and strategic missile defences. Confidence building measures have been agreed to by the US and Russia along with their assurances on the use of lower-velocity TMD systems.

Safety and security measures, Military policy, Ballistic missile defenses

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U. S. investigating seismic event near Russian nuclear test site

Article Abstract:

A seismic event was detected in the area of Russia's nuclear test site in Novaya Zemlya on Aug. 16, 1997, by some seismological monitoring stations in northern Europe. Some US political figures reportedly believe that the seismic signal could have been caused by a low-yield nuclear explosion. Russia has officially declared that the event was, in fact, a small earthquake. It is not clear what ramifications the seismic event will have on Pres. Clinton's plans to submit the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, of which Russia is a signatory, to the Senate possibly late in Sep. 1997.

Reports, Earthquakes

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Yeltsin government shake-up unlikely to affect arms control

Article Abstract:

Arms control agreements between the US and Russia will not be affected by the decision by Russian President Boris Yeltsin to dismiss his whole cabinet. US and Russian officials have emphasized that no significant change in their bilateral relationship is likely to take place. Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov has stated that the US-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation, known as the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission, will continue its work, even though Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has been removed from office.

Arms control

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